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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Mt Lebanon SHS this year?
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Enrollment
1,772
High
DISTRICT 548 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MT LEBANON SD·NCES 421611000254
Mt Lebanon SHS
155 Cochran Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15228 · (412) 344-2003 · Allegheny County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,772 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public high schools
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
121 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
331 students
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 425 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 447 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 454 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 446 | 25% |
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Based on grade levels within Mt Lebanon SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
94.1%
PA avg 51.1% . +1.6pp since 2023
Math
81.2%
PA avg 43.0% . -1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 94 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 94.1% | 81.2% |
| 2023-24 | 92.5% | 83.1% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
86.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 87% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 70% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Mt Lebanon SHS
Mt Lebanon SHS's state test result (86.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt Lebanon SHS this school | 1,772 | 18.7% | 86.6% |
| Downingtown HS West Campus Downingtown | 1,796 | 18.9% | 71.8% |
| Haverford SHS Havertown | 1,994 | 21.4% | 79.6% |
| Perkiomen Valley High School Collegeville | 1,616 | 22.1% | 72.3% |
| Council Rock HS South Holland | 1,921 | 17.6% | 73.6% |
| Owen J Roberts High School Pottstown | 1,810 | 21.9% | 64.5% |
Matched among Pennsylvania high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Mt Lebanon SHS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 86.6% | #6 of 576 | #2 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.2% | #12 of 626 ▼ 4 | #2 of 53 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 94.1% | #5 of 626 ▲ 9 | #2 of 53 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,772 | #49 of 713 | #2 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #385 of 601 | #38 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.8% | #285 of 604 | #34 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.7% | #597 of 619 | #48 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.6% | #217 of 221 | #20 of 21 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,772
-29 (-2%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 1,480
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 15.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,772 | 120.9 | 14.7:1 | 19% (331) |
| 2023-24 | 1,789 | 119.8 | 14.9:1 | 19% (331) |
| 2022-23 | 1,840 | 126.1 | 14.6:1 | 15% (277) |
| 2020-21 | 1,801 | 113 | 15.9:1 | 12% (211) |
| 2017-18 | 1,761 | 111.9 | 15.7:1 | 13% (225) |
| 2015-16 | 1,735 | 115 | 15.1:1 | 12% (211) |
| 2010-11 | 1,756 | 118 | 14.9:1 | 8% (144) |
| 2000-01 | 1,877 | 112 | 16.8:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 1,480 | 101 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mt Lebanon SHS.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (1,761 to 1,772); teachers up 8% (111.9 to 120.9).
About Mt Lebanon SHS
Mt Lebanon SHS is a high-enrollment high school found in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Its grade span covers grades 9 through 12, with 1,772 students on the rolls. On average, high schools in Pennsylvania enroll around 738, and this school is 140% bigger than that mark.
District-wide, Mt Lebanon SD has 10 schools and 5,477 students.
The share of White students at Mt Lebanon SHS is 82%. Enrollment also includes 6% Asian, 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 2% Black. The diversity index for Mt Lebanon SHS is 32%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Mt Lebanon SHS comes to 120.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.7:1. The school's 14.7:1 compares with an average of 12.8:1 for high schools in Pennsylvania. On the income side, 19% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 54% average among public schools in Allegheny County.
On the allk12 Grade, Mt Lebanon SHS lands at A+, ahead of 98% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
Mt Lebanon SHS ranks in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 86.6%. Predicted: 69.6%. Difference: 17.0 points.
The county, Allegheny County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $78,548 a year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Mt Lebanon SHS, Allegheny County has 277 public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Mellon Middle School is closest at about 0.3 miles. Mt Lebanon SHS is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Mt Lebanon SHS comes in 1st of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Mt Lebanon SHS is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (1,801) to 2024-25 (1,772). The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 15.9:1 in 2020-21 to 14.7:1 in 2024-25.
Mt Lebanon SHS has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Allegheny County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,238,177
Census ACS
Median income
$78,548
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
141,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mt Lebanon SD
- Mellon Middle SchoolMiddle · 661 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 621 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 416 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 414 students
- Howe Elementary SchoolElementary · 398 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 310 students
Other schools in Pittsburgh
- Baldwin SHSHigh · 1,657 students
- North Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,443 students
- Pittsburgh Allderdice High SchoolHigh · 1,386 students
- Fox Chapel Area High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- Upper Saint Clair High SchoolHigh · 1,269 students
- Penn Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,228 students
Nearby schools
- Mellon Middle School0.3 mi · 661
- Washington Elementary School0.4 mi · 416
- Markham Elementary School0.6 mi · 296
- Jefferson Elementary School0.7 mi · 310
- Jefferson Middle School0.7 mi · 621
- Lincoln Elementary School0.9 mi · 414
Frequently asked questions
About Mt Lebanon SHSHow many students attend Mt Lebanon SHS?
Mt Lebanon SHS enrolls approximately 1,772 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Mt Lebanon SHS serve?
Mt Lebanon SHS serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mt Lebanon SHS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mt Lebanon SHS is approximately 14.7:1 (121 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Mt Lebanon SHS?
Student demographics at Mt Lebanon SHS are roughly 82% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 6% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Mt Lebanon SHS?
Mt Lebanon SHS is overseen by Mt Lebanon SD in Allegheny County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.